caza

See also: cazá, câza, and Cazã

English

Etymology

From Turkish kaza, from Arabic قَضَاء‎ (qaḍāʾ).

Noun

caza (plural cazas)

1. A Turkish provincial subdivision.

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Asturian

Verb

caza

1. inflection of cazar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Galician

Noun

caza f (plural cazas)

1. hunting
2. hunt

Related terms

• cazar

Further reading

• “caza” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Portuguese

Noun

caza f (plural cazas)

1. Obsolete spelling of casa

Verb

caza

1. Obsolete spelling of casa

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Spanish

Etymology

Deverbal form of cazar.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaθa/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈkasa/
• Rhymes: -aθa, -asa
• Hyphenation: ca‧za
• Homophone: casa (seseo dialects)

Noun

caza f (plural cazas)

1. (countable or uncountable) hunting, hunt (act of finding and killing a wild animal; art of hunting)
2. persecution, hunting (act of pursuing in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
3. (uncountable) game (wild animals hunted for food; meat of these animals)
4. (uncountable) prey (animal hunted by another animal)
5. hunting ground (area used for hunting)
6. hunting party (group of people gathered to hunt together)

caza m (plural cazas)

1. fighter plane (military aircraft primarily designed to attack enemy aircraft)

Derived terms

• avión de caza
• dar caza

Related terms

• cazador
• cazar

Verb

caza

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cazar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cazar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cazar.

Further reading

• “caza” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.